Cooking in the Chinese Countryside (includes Recipes)

I’m not sure why, but taking a Chinese cooking class in the Chinese countryside, was one of the things I was most looking forward to before our trip to China and it did not disappoint! If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I can’t/won’t cook, so I’m as surprised as the rest of you that I was excited about this!

We took the cooking class in Yangshou, which was probably my favourite place on our entire trip, read all about our trip here. The food was absolutely gorgeous and some of it was easy to make. We’ve even made these at home since, so I thought it would be good to share these recipes with you, you can’t get anymore authentic than recipes straight from the Chinese countryside!

A Trip to the Local Food Market

Before we headed to the restaurant, where we had the cooking class, our instructor brought us to the local food market. You’ll notice that I only have pictures of the vegetables.

I was not happy at all seeing the animals that they had for sale. They killed them in front of the buyers, so they were fresher. It was a harsh reality seeing dead bunny rabbits and baby turtles ;(